Dark ArcanineI've been playing civilization V on my computer even though my computer sucks and it barely plays it's still enjoyable. I'm just happy that I get to play the game even on the lowest graphic settings, and again the lag that I get. Has anyone here been able to play it? If you like strategy and management games this is the best you can find anywhere. It starts you out in the time period when early humans begin to farm. You start with one city, and you go through the ages by developing better technology, and expanding your empire by sending settlers out, and connecting their cities through road networks. You can go to war with the numerous city-states or other competing civ's and expand by taking there city and surrounding lands. You can win the game in 4 or 5 ways. The one's I know are scientific, conquest, and diplomacy. To win the game scientifically you have to launch a rocket to settle on the nearest life supporting planet. That's about the specs that I know I like to go in blind for the most part, and the game comes with a lot of stuff, I've played it for a while now and I'm still finding new things.

I also picked up pikmin 2 for the wii! I played the first one 2 times before, but I never got to play the 2nd game until now. the wii motion controls make the game flow more naturally I think than with the traditional controller. It's the perfect game that makes use of the wii's motion controlls. If you don't know you start out back on the pikmin's planet trying to find treasures so you can pay off you boss's 10,000 dollar debt. I'm not going to go into detail about it because I know a lot of people haven't played the first, and even though there's not a story to the game, there's also not much you can choose to do either, and I'd be spoiling it.

I've seen a fair amount of footage and would really like to get Civ V since it looks pretty good and gets a fair share of praise. As for Pikmin, I've never played that series before but I wouldn't mind getting Pikmin 3 for the Wii U to see what the fuss is about. ^^

Haven't gotten to finishing Okami yet. I started playing through Subspace Emissary on Super Smash Bros. Brawl though. Rusty at that game for sure, but it's nice to revisit it after what I think has been a couple of years now.

I don't play SSB Brawl anymore... Beat the whole game, unlocked all awards, stages, characters, and beaten everything with every character on its hardest setting. I only really pick it up to play with friends now. My top 5 characters are falco, fox, lucario, Pikachu, and wolf ( in that order) in a bit rusty, but none of my friends can touch me still... Eh. Just shows that they aren't that good.

You must be way better at that game than me then. x3 I didn't really click with Lucario like I did with Mewtwo. I take it you're a Star Fox fan? ^^ Either that or the characters from it just all adhere to your style really well, haha. I tend to use Fox a fair bit, as well as Pit and Link.

I'm back to studying now. Fortunately at the moment it's just constant reading.

You guys have anything interesting happening? Looking forward to the Olympics?